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~alualde in thr Nnrthwtlst, whcrc grc 3 t. hardiness is demanded.Seedlings cl0 riot. sprout or swkw ldl~*, hit. t,lw natural suckers,which ;krt~ stunctitlw-4 ustvl for stocks, arty likdy to he more troutksomeill t llis rvspwt . If strong-growing t0ps are worked on1norello stocks, I10\v0vcr, there is usually litt1e annOyance fromsuckering. ~Ia~hald~ str~ks are gcn;-rally used for the more?locherries.It is probal~le that sOmr of the nativf> i1merican cherries can beused as stocks. The comm0n wild red, pin, pigeon Or bird cherry(,I+urr~ca j~~~lsjjlc~rrn ic*rl) has already been used to sOme extent.Thr sweet and sour cherries unite readily with it, and bear veryc%rly. It is xet to 1)t> (lt~termind how long the trees will persist, buttrtips sixteen or cightclcxn ~.ears old have been still healthy and\*ij;orous. It is consi(l~Wd to t)c a decry promising Aock for thec~dtl prairir s”i;ltPs. The dwarf Or sand cherries (I’runus pmilnilIlt\ 1’. B~~.s,Wj/i) give promise as dWarf stocks.(~‘herry stocks arc worked 1)Ot.h by burlding and grafting. Butlflingis the c’0mmOn m&lid. The st.0cks sh0uld l>c fit, t.0 work thescas;on they arti t I’al;~I,li~nt.c~rl, Or in the second summer from seed.SW41 as are too Stllilll for working then may he allowed to standunt it thr following ?-car; or if the number is small, the poor Onesarc rooted out .In the \Yest ) whertx grtla t hdiness is required, the vatrides arecrown-gr:lfttd on lIlWX42IlYl stocks in winter. Yearling stocks areused, an{1 tlitb Gons arc ti to 10 indit5 long. N7ien planted, Onlythtl tnp l)u(l ~1~0~~1~1 11th left i~l)O\~t grnunrl. The cion strikes rOOts,ant1 own-rOotec1 trees iIN’ ol)t.ainccl.The ornatrnent;~l c&rrics arc workecl on the stlme stocks as thefruit-lbearing sorts. Ibtitl~~l(‘l~ and mazzarci :lre commonly usedfor all species, the latter for weeping forms which need to be workedhigh.C’herry trees can be top-grafted, as are apple or pear trees.They are usually gr;tftcd very early in the spring. The chiefrequisit.e is that the cions 1~ completely dOrmant.. They should becut in winter and stored in an ice-house Or a cold cellar. It isprobable, however, that durable trees cannot be secured by topworking.The Japanese flowering cherries are Of different species fromthe fruit-bearing chc-lrrics, being forms mostly of 1+26?1zM srrrulntn,P. Ii!nnrsin?lrr, P. Sifl,vltlii, P. ~~frlof71sis, and 1’. sulhirff Iln.These may be world on mazzard and other stocks of European